Our Future…Our Choice Bradley C. Wheeler Assoc VP & Dean of IT Office of the Vice President & CIO Assoc Prof. of Information Systems Kelley School of Business Indiana University

2 OSPI User Conference July 2004 Proposition #1 P1: The educational system is meeting the needs of society. A1: Transformative forces are imposing change on the educational system.

3 OSPI User Conference July 2004 Proposition #2 P2: Current approaches for documenting, assessing, and credentialing learning and competencies are adequate. A2: New approaches are required.

4 OSPI User Conference July 2004 Proposition #3 P3: Education -- as an industry -- has models for effective inter-institutional, technology-enabled change. A3: We must find a better model.

5 OSPI User Conference July 2004 Two Challenges for IT in Higher Ed Delivering sustainable economics to satisfied users Advancing the frontiers of innovation for user expectations TCP/IP, SendMail, HTTP Linux Apache, JBoss Applications? Open Source is Moving up the Stack

Recent Historical Examples Models for Industry Change P1: Transformative forces P2: ePortfolios essential P3: Models for change

7 OSPI User Conference July 2004 Course Management Systems Commercial Home Grown Consolidation? ? Sakai Industry Shakeout Black Board WebCT

8 OSPI User Conference July 2004 University Enterprise Portals Commercial Home Grown Pre-emptive uPortal Industry Shakeout Black Board Oracle

9 OSPI User Conference July 2004 ePortfolio Software? Commercial Home Grown What future will we choose? ? ?

10 OSPI User Conference July 2004 What Lessons for ePortfolio? Economic efficiencies will prevail –Economies of scale and network effects Our choices will accelerate/impede this outcome Investments choose a coordination model –Corporate coordination via licensing fees –Self-coordination through shared will Designing the software and organization –Sustainable economics & innovation –Highly functional community

11 OSPI User Conference July 2004 In Search of a Better Model… Creating Software Sustaining Software Community Source Projects Partnering Organizations Higher Ed Coordination Open IP Licensing Fees Maintenance Fees Commercial Coordination Closed IP Objective…sustainable economics and innovation for satisfied users …for how we pay and what we get. Software is not free. Bundled IP & Support Unbundled IP & Support + Commercial Support Options

12 OSPI User Conference July 2004 Higher Ed Collaboration Can higher ed capture economies of scale in software creation and maintenance? Lifecycle System Costs/ Effectiveness Number Participating Solo Functional Partnership Dysfunctional Partnership ? Capturing Industry Leverage: Learning how to partner Synchronizing institutional investments IT architecture discipline Creating effective consortia Common licensing!!

13 OSPI User Conference July 2004 Controlling Our Destiny Functionality of systems, integration, standards…innovation Cost of systems operations, maintenance, timing, evolution PKI Dartmouth Chandler/Westwood

The ePortfolio Challenge P1: Transformative forces P2: ePortfolios essential P3: Models for change

15 OSPI User Conference July 2004 What is an ePortfolio? A collection of purposefully-organized digital artifacts that support backward and forward reflection to augment and assess growth over time. Distinguished by Individual-centric Learner-OWNED

16 OSPI User Conference July 2004 ePortfolio Objectives for Learners Provide the tools for reflective assessment with structure and purpose for Instructors Assessment via demonstration of competencies Within and across courses, educational experiences for Institutions Institutional assessment for accreditation, measurement of progress, admissions for Society Career, volunteering

17 OSPI User Conference July 2004 Within and across courses and schools K-12 Portfolio Software Within and across courses and universities, colleges, trade schools, etc. Higher Ed Portfolio Software Within and across companies, personal pursuits, professional development, experiences, or additional degrees Career Development Portfolio Software Faculty and/or Course Portfolios Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Within and across courses, disciplines, faculty, careers, and institutions Personal Portfolio Data OSP 2 Mellon Project Four Domains of ePortfolio

18 OSPI User Conference July 2004 Within and across courses and universities, colleges, trade schools, etc. The Friction-less ePortfolio? Grad School View Career

About the Open Source Portfolio Initiative Build ePortfolio Software Facilitate Community P1: Transformative forces P2: ePortfolios essential P3: Models for change

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25 OSPI User Conference July 2004 Open Source Portfolio Initiative Build the Open Source Portfolio (OSP) –Java / J2EE –Sakai’s Technology Portability Profile / OKI Licensed under OSPI License 1.0 –Most similar to Jabber Open Source License –Moving to a common license The Educational Community License 1.0 (ECL)

26 OSPI User Conference July 2004 OSP Challenges Learner-owned data, views, access Inter-institutional authenticity, integrity of artifacts Scoping for now…thinking about tomorrow Data standards, threads of ePort software everywhere Engage other ePortfolio domains: K-12, Career, Faculty…

27 OSPI User Conference July 2004 Call to Engagement P1: Change is upon us P2: Life-long learning – for a knowledge- based economy – needs portfolios P3: Our choices create the model Your engagement, choices, influence, and contributions [collectively] determine the path for ePortfolio evolution

Our Future…Our Choice Bradley C. Wheeler Assoc VP & Dean of IT Office of the Vice President & CIO Assoc Prof. of Information Systems Kelley School of Business Indiana University P1: Transformative forces P2: ePortfolios essential P3: Models for change